Do you have ancestors from what was Chernigov Guberniya, Russian Empire? Well, records from the area are being indexed. Here's what you could find, what I've found on my own family, and some hints on

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I was able to get images of 1836 metrical records for Nizhyn (formerly Nezhin) and Kozelets right before the invasion (both were part of Chernigov Guberniya in the Russian Empire). You can see them he

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I knew my great-great grandmother's name from my own grandmother, but until now I had no documentation that she existed. Now, thanks to a tip on JewishGen's Discussion Group, I know she voted and have

Many Russian-speaking Jewish genealogists have created indexes for various record sets. I write about a method for identifying if your surnames may be mentioned, which helped me find numerous document

We knew my great grandmother had first cousins who were killed in the Holocaust. Except it turns out that not all of them were. Here's how I've recently discovered living relatives in Ukraine and Engl

#holocaust #ukraine

I've been registered on JewishGen's JGFF for years. And a distant cousin who contacted me because of that listing may have given me a hint to my family's origins. (If you haven't registered your own a

JewishGen is pleased to announce that over 53,000 records have been added to our Sub-Carpathia Vital Records collection, which can be searched via JewishGen's Hungary and Ukraine databases, as well as

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The Nezhin Jewish Community had a series of meetings in the mid-1880s. Here is an English-language list of all of the attendees (thanks to Dr Bert Lazerow) plus the original document, with some attend

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Many family lists (censuses) for Nezhin's Jewish community (including all villages in Nezhin Uezd/District) are on FamilySearch. Here's the exact location for the various record sets--and information

The JewishGen Subcarpathia Research Division (formerly the Subcarpathia SIG) will meet virtually on Monday August 10, from 4-5PM, U.S. Eastern time. I will be giving a presentation on the Division’s r

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If you have family from what was Hungary pre-WWI, Czechoslovakia between the wars, and is now Zakarpattya Oblast, Ukraine, the 1921 Czech census is online. I've found a ton of family--including my gre

#hungary #subcarpathia

Lin, I'm sorry you weren't able to join, but I didn't organize this, I was only the speaker. I myself wasn't sent the link until shortly before the talk. I'm not sure why you were having an issue, but

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JewishGen is pleased to announce that nearly 19,000 new records have been added to our Sub-Carpathia Vital Records collection. You can search these records by visiting https://www.jewishgen.org/databa

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Important genealogical documents may skyrocket in price soon. Here's what the documents are and how you can help stop this increase from taking place. Please help! https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/

All, For those of you who will at at the IAJGS Conference in Cleveland, please come to our Subcarpathia SIG Annual Meeting. It is scheduled for Monday July 29 >from 4:45PM - 6:00PM. (Check the app for

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All, For those of you who will at at the IAJGS Conference in Cleveland, please come to our Subcarpathia SIG Annual Meeting. It is scheduled for Monday July 29 >from 4:45PM - 6:00PM. (Check the app for

#subcarpathia

All, I've gone through all of the microfilmed (now digitized) vital records for Nezhin (Chernigov Guberniya) and have made a list of links that can help you jump to a specific year's birth/marriage/di

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All, I've gone through all of the microfilmed (now digitized) vital records for Nezhin (Chernigov Guberniya) and have made a list of links that can help you jump to a specific year's birth/marriage/di

#ukraine

Dear Friends, This has been an exciting few weeks for JewishGen's Sub-Carpathian SIG. We just uploaded another batch of records onto JewishGen for your searching pleasure. (If this excites you, see be

#hungary

Dear Friends, This has been an exciting few weeks for JewishGen's Sub-Carpathian SIG. We just uploaded another batch of records onto JewishGen for your searching pleasure. (If this excites you, see be

#hungary